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The Mirror for Magistrates

Edited from original texts in the Huntington Library by Lily B. Campbell

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TRAGEDIES OF THE 1559 EDITION
 
The fall of Robert Tresilian chiefe Iustice of Englande, and other his felowes, for misconstruyng the lawes, and expounding them to serue the Princes affections.
 
Howe the two Rogers, surnamed Mortimers, for theyr sundry vices ended theyr lyues vnfortunatelye.
 
Howe syr Thomas of Wudstocke Duke of Glocester, vncle to king Richarde the seconde, was vnlawfully murdred.
 
Howe the Lorde Mowbray promoted by Kyng Richarde the seconde, was by hym banyshed the Realme, and dyed miserably in exyle.
 
Howe kyng Richarde the seconde was for his euyll gouernaunce deposed from his seat, and miserably murdred in prison.
 
Howe Owen Glendour seduced by false prophesies tooke vpon him to be prince of Wales, and was by Henry then prince therof, chased to the mountaynes, where he miserably dyed for lacke of foode.
 
How Henry Percy Earle of Northhumberland, was for his couetous and trayterous attempt put to death at Yorke.
 
How Richard erle of Cambridge entending the kinges destruction was put to death at Southhampton.
 
How Thomas Montague the earle of Salysbury in the middes of his glory, was chaunceably slayne with a piece of ordinaunce.
 
How king Iames the first for breaking his othes and bondes, was by gods suffrauns miserably murdred of his owne subiectes.
 
How Lorde William Delapole Duke of Suffolke was worthily punyshed for abusing his Kyng and causing the destruction of good Duke Humfrey.
 
How Iacke Cade traiterously rebelling agaynst his Kyng, was for his treasons and cruell doinges wurthely punyshed.
 
How Richard Plantagenet duke of York was slayne through his over rash boldnes, and his sonne the earle of Rutland for his lack of valiauns.
 
How the lord Clyfford for his straunge and abhominable cruelty, came to as straunge and sodayne a death.
 
The infamous ende of Lord Iohn Tiptoft Earle of Wurcester, for cruelly executing his princes butcherly commaundementes.
 
How sir Richard Nevell Earle of Warwike, and his brother Iohn Lord Marquise Mountacute through their to-much boldnes wer slayne at Barnet field.
 
How king Henry the syxt a vertuous prince, was after many other miseries cruelly murdered in the Tower of London.
 
How George Plantagenet third sonne of the Duke of Yorke, was by his brother King Edward wrongfully imprisoned, and by his brother Richard miserably murdered.
 
How king Edward through his surfeting and vntemperate life, sodainly died in the mids of his prosperity.
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TRAGEDIES ADDED IN THE EDITION OF 1563
 
How Sir Anthony Wudvile Lorde Rivers and Skales, Gouernour of prince Edward, was with his Neuew Lord Richard Gray and other causeles imprisoned, and cruelly murdered.
 
Howe the Lord Hastynges was betrayed by trustyng to much to his evyl counsayler Catesby, and vilanously murdered in the tower of London by Richarde Duke of Glocestre.
 
The Induction.
 
The complaynt of Henrye duke of Buckingham.
 
Howe Collingbourne was cruelly executed for making a foolishe rime.
 
How Richard Plantagenet duke of Glocester, murdered his brothers children vsurping the crowne, and in the third yeare of his raygne was most worthely deprived of life and kingdome in Bosworth playne by Henry Earle of Richemond after called king Henry the .vii.
 
Howe Shores wife, Edwarde the fowerthes concubine, was by king Richarde despoyled of all her goodes, and forced to do open penance.
 
The tragedie of Edmund duke of Somerset, slayne at the first battayle at Saynct Albanes, in the tyme of Henrye the sixte.
 
The wilfull fall of Blacke Smyth, and the foolishe ende of the Lord Awdeley.
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TRAGEDIES ADDED IN THE EDITION OF 1578
 
HOW DAME ELIANOR COBHAM Duchesse of Glocester for practising of witchcraft and Sorcery, suffred open penance, and after was banished the realme into the yle of Man.
 
HOW HVMFREY PLANTAGENET Duke of Glocester Protector of England, during the minoritie of his Nephue kinge Henrye the sixt, (commonlye called the good Duke) by practise of enemies was brought to confusion.
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TRAGEDIES ADDED IN IN THE EDITION OF 1587
 
HOW THE VALIANT KNIGHT Sir Nicholas Burdet, Chiefe Butler of Normandy, was slayne at Pontoise, Anno 1441.
 
THE LAMENTATION OF KING IAMES the fourth, King of Scots, slayne at Brampton, in the fiuthe yeare of King Henry the eight, Anno Christi, 1513.
 
The bataile of Brampton, or Floddon fielde, faught in the yeare of our Redeemer 1513. and in the fiuth yeare of the raygne of that victorious prince, King Henry the eyght.
 
HOW THOMAS WOLSEY did arise vnto great authority and gouernment, his maner of life, pompe, and dignity, and how hee fell downe into great disgrace, and was arested of high treason.

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Edited from original texts in the Huntington Library by Lily B. Campbell

The University Press
Cambridge
1938
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